When Peidi and the others returned to the garrison camp, the sky had cleared, and the long night had finally passed, and the smoke surrounded the various camps, and it was obvious that breakfast was being prepared.

The heavy snow showed no signs of stopping, a group of soldiers were clearing the snow on the periphery of the camp, and the soldiers patrolling nearby saw Peidi and others immediately catching up, and after confirming their identities, there was a quick horse to report,

So

When Peidi arrived at the gate of the camp, almost all the officers above the middle level were standing quietly under the heavy snow.

Pedi knew what these people were waiting for him to do,

After all, a battle was won, and it was an unprecedented victory,

A victory means military merit and promotion.

But Pedi is obviously not in the mood to deal with this matter now, all he wants to do now is to sleep after eating and drinking, he has not had a good rest for more than ten days.

So, Pedy blamed all of them on the Chief of Staff, Sir Ike, and he didn't care if Sir Ike needed a break or not, because he was his boss...

When Pedi looked at the long-lost bed in his private tent, he said to his servant Eden, "Don't call me even if the sky falls." ”

With that, he fell asleep...

I don't know how long it has been,

Peidi only felt a coolness blowing through his cheeks, and the curtain of the tent was lifted, and a thin figure walked in.

Immediately afterward, a disturbing call began to appear in Pedi's ears,

"Your Excellency..."

"Your Excellency..."

Sleeping Pedi immediately turned over to completely isolate the sound, but to no avail... Eventually, Pedi had to open his eyes, and what caught him was a young face, Eden, his young servant.

"You'd better have a good reason. Petdy lay on the bed, the anger suppressed in his tone was palpable, "Otherwise, I don't mind you going to the stable for a month." ”

"Your Excellency, it's Your Excellency, he's anxious to see you, I—" Eden spoke with obvious nervousness, his voice trembling.

"Magician Raven?" Peddy was stunned for a moment, with a hazy look of doubt, but soon he reacted, his eyes lit up surprisingly under the light in the tent, and then he turned over and said, "It's Raven who is back, where is he?"

"It's right outside..."

"Then what are you waiting for, let him in. ”

Eden knew he had done the right thing as he looked at Pedy, and a smug smile appeared on his face, before quickly reining and quickly exiting the tent.

Seconds later, Ravan appeared in Pedy's private tent.

The magician looked a little haggard, with noticeable dark circles under his eyes, his hair covered in water stains and icicles, and a mixture of dry and undried dirt on his gray cloak,

Pedi was stunned when he saw Laven's appearance, and then asked, "How is it, has anyone been caught?"

Laven was silent for a few seconds and then said, "I'm sorry, sir, he almost escaped from the other side of the Britt Forest, where there were people who answered him, and they set up a stronghold in advance, I didn't have many people with me, and they defended the danger, so..."

Pedi listened quietly, and there was no anger after listening, but he was somewhat dissatisfied, but when he looked at Ravan now like a beggar in the snow in winter, the dissatisfaction in his heart did not flare, after all, he was not a mean boss.

"And did you bring me any other news?" Pedi knew there was something else going on as soon as he looked at Raven's appearance.

"There's a letter," said Raven, taking a letter from his bosom and handing it to Pedi, "this is the letter that the barbarian asked me to pass on to you. ”

"En Kebot?" Pedi was stunned, and took the letter with some doubt in disappointment,

"Yes, he's an interesting barbarian. "But he's dangerous for the Empire. ”

Hearing this, Pedi couldn't help but glance up at Laven, and then lowered his head to stare at the letter he opened, and after a few seconds, his face changed, and he suddenly raised his head to look at Laven: "Who has read this letter?"

"There's no one else but me!" Ravan immediately lowered his head, his hands trembling slightly, and his heart beating uncontrollably, it was obvious that he was nervous.

"How did you get this letter?" asked Pedi again.

"It was brought to us by a barbarian, and I took it with my own hands. Ra replied with his head bowed.

"Yes!" Pedy nodded, stared at Ravan for a few seconds and said, "Let Sir Ike and Sir Andy wait for me at the council camp, and you can go too." ”

"Yes, sir!" Ravin breathed a sigh of relief as he exited Pedy's private tent as fast as he could.

...

Half an hour later,

Pedy and his adjutant Knight Alfred stepped into a large tent of the Chinese army, in which Sir Ike, Andy, and Raven were already waiting.

"Sir, how are you sleeping?" said Andy, half-joking.

Pedi sat down in his seat, tossed a letter to Andy, and said, "I slept well... But I was woken up in the middle of my sleep. ”

"Will you call us to talk to you when you wake up?" Andy stared at the letter in his hand but didn't want to move,

"Smack," Pedi tapped lightly on the wooden tabletop, "Hey, you slacker, put your hand out from under your cloak, it's not going to kill you... Besides, you have to read this letter. ”

"Hell," Andy grumbled, grabbing the letter under the gaze of everyone.

After a few seconds,

Andy, who was originally full of indifference, suddenly straightened up, and then his face changed, and the whole person stood up suddenly, and exclaimed at the same time: "How is this possible!"

"What happened?" said Sir Icke, frowning, puzzled from the beginning.

"The barbarian named Kebot has written me a letter...", Peddy said, pointing to the letter in his cousin's hand, "He told me in the letter that the Grand Lord of Thurbuk, Count Cize Devon, has secretly allied with the barbarians and orcs, and as long as the orc army enters the Dwak territory, Count Devin will lead his troops to retreat to Twak City on the grounds of defeat, and then..."

"And then the inside and outside should join forces to capture the city of Twak and occupy the entire Twak territory?" Andy picked up, "but is it possible?"

Sir Ike and Knight Alfred looked at each other, and both saw a strong vibration in each other's eyes, but both instinctively remained silent, after all, this kind of thing was not something that the two of them could evaluate.

"Although, too, I find it unbelievable to believe such things, I still think it is necessary to inform your father or brother. Pedi reminded his cousin, "I know you are now engaged to the daughter of the Devon family, but you can't be sloppy in this kind of thing. ”

"It's not a matter of marriage contract at all," Andy's hands were already trembling slightly, "If it's really Count Devin, then the entire Twak Territory will be messed up, you don't know what's going on!"

"So, you need to stop this from happening, and now, you need to show the decisiveness of the Barrett family's men. Pedi reminded his cousin, "Although it is impossible for the barbarians to invade the Twak Territory, but..."

"I understand!" Andy stood up suddenly, "I'm going to get to Dwak City as fast as I can, and I'll need to explain this to my brother personally." ”

"That's the best!" Pedi replied for a moment, then looked at Ser Ike, "Investigate the mid- and upper-ranking officers, Your Excellency Ravan and his squadron of magicians will fully cooperate with you, I need an army that is truly loyal to the Empire before I receive specific orders to support the Clan." ”

"I'll get back to you in two days, sir. Sir Ike said in a resolute tone.

"Well, I'm waiting for your good news. ”

Andy couldn't sit still at this time, and he was leaving at a breakneck pace.

Then, Sir Ike and Ravan took their leave.

When only Pedi and Knights Alfred were left in the tent, Pedi asked, "How is the investigation of the various camps going after I left last night?"

"It's not going very well, at least so far there hasn't been any progress. ”

"Oh?" Pei Di was stunned, but he didn't ask the reason, but directly ordered: "Give you three days, after three days, I need to see the results of the investigation." ”

"Yes, sir. The Knight of Alfred didn't seem surprised by Pedi's arrangement.

"Remember, anyone has to find out, especially the commanders of the various camps," said Pedi, his voice lowering slowly, "including Sir Ike and the men of the Staff Regiment... Wren will assist you. ”

When Alfrete heard this, he only felt a sudden pain from the scarred wound on his right hand, and a trace of cold sweat oozed out of his forehead unconsciously, he subconsciously lowered his head, and hurriedly replied, "I'll do it." ”

Pei Di never looked at his lieutenant from beginning to end, and waved his hand tiredly after arranging the task, "Remember to let my Hu come in from Eden when you go out." ”

...

Just when Pedi was nervous again for a letter from Kebot, the war with the orcs had entered its most difficult period, a hundred miles away in the town of Banda.

The more than 1,000 volunteers in the early stage were almost completely lost in more than ten days of fighting.

However, during these more than ten days of fighting, more nobles and knights came from all over the empire to support, and most of these people came to follow the emperor's footsteps in accordance with their family's oldest oath after hearing that the emperor had personally conquered.

But these people did not find the emperor to pledge their allegiance to him, but went directly to the front line of the battlefield, proving their loyalty with practical actions...

But the emperor, who was far away in Kwen Town, didn't even know about the existence of these people.

The offensive and defensive battles in the area of Banda Town were almost all completed by the local soldiers and civilians in Banda Town, and the price they paid for it was unimaginable to those who had not witnessed it on the spot!

As early as the afternoon of June 3rd, the third day of the offensive and defensive battle in the area of Banda Town, the 50,000-strong army of orcs advanced to the periphery of Banda Town.

Count Anse organized more than 20,000 peasant soldiers to block the advancing orc army on the outskirts of Banda Town, but in the end they all ended in failure, and lost nearly half of their troops.

However, it was precisely because of these several resistance battles that Count Anse got an army that could barely be called an army when the orcs arrived under the city of Banda.

In the end, with the addition of about 1,000 volunteers with high combat power, Banda Town withstood the onslaught of 50,000 elite orcs for seven consecutive days without a single soldier and reinforcements!

By the eighth day, early in the morning of June 8,

Reinforcements from a regiment from Crane City arrived on time with the latest order from Duke Ron: hold out until the end of June!

At the end of this order, there is a sentence written by Duke Ron himself: At any cost, even if the area around Banda Town is turned into a dead place, it must be held until the end of June!

It's a dead order, and it's an order that can't seem to be done at all.

But after reading this warrant, Count Anse did not act excessively, but took the order very calmly.

...

On the afternoon of June 13, the good news of the Koren fortress area was conveyed to the town of Kwen,

Emperor Laubert, who was listening to the latest recruitment, was so pleased that he immediately canonized Peidi the titles of Major General of the Imperial Army, Honorary Baron, and Vice-Minister of Operations of the Military Headquarters.

Duke Eric, who was reporting, saw that the emperor was happy, so he took the opportunity to speak, "Banda Town is now at a critical moment, and I suggest that the officers and soldiers of the Coron Fortress immediately support Banda Town. ”

"Banda Town?" Emperor Laubert's gaze couldn't help but look at the map that he had seen countless times during this time... On the map, the place where the town of Banda is located is marked with many red and blue markers, which are more conspicuous throughout the map.

"Your Majesty, the town of Banda is now more important than the fortress of Coron, and besides, judging from the situation reported by Sir Pedi, the barbarians do not have the time and remaining forces to intervene in external wars at this moment. Duke Eric walked over to the map and changed all the markers of the Coron fortress to Banda Town, "As long as you hold the northern defense, the whole empire will be worry-free." ”

"It can indeed be considered," the emperor was a little moved, he opened the stack of documents next to him, looked at it and frowned and put it down, and asked, "How is the reorganization of the army?"

"The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd legions directly under the military headquarters have all been reorganized, and the 4th and 5th legions are still under construction, and the missing weapons and equipment need to be purchased by Count Stu..."

"Write to the Duke of Gna and let Twak lead the defense of the Koren Fortress...", as if the Emperor had suddenly figured out something, "The Koren Fortress originally belonged to the 8,000 defenders and was reorganized into the Fifth Legion of the Empire, and Sir Pedi was appointed as the commander of the Fifth Legion. ”

"Are you serious?" said Duke Eric's tone changed, no longer formulaic stiffness, with a hint of personal emotion.

"Of course, the Koren Fortress is a burden for me now, so I might as well throw away this burden. There was a slight gloom in the emperor's eyes.

"No, no, no!" Duke Eric shook his head, "It's inevitable that the Coron Fort area will be returned to the Barrett family, and I mean you appointed Sir Pedy as the commander of the Fifth Legion... Although, with his status, he is completely competent, but he is too young after all. ”

Emperor Laubert raised his eyebrows, "I remember that my father was younger than Ser Pedy when he was the commander of the First Legion!"

"How can this be compared to? At that time, the Legion Commander was more a symbol of honor, and now it is a responsibility. Eric frowned, "Huge responsibility, this is even related to the most important battle between the Empire and the orcs in the future!"

The Emperor grabbed the whip next to him and nodded on the map to the location of the fortress of Koren, "Sir Pedi has proven that he can shoulder such a responsibility... If you're not sure, you can have Earl Anse, the commander of the offensive and defensive campaigns in the Banda Town area, be Sir Pedy's deputy. ”

"You—" Duke Eric looked at the Emperor strangely, speechless for a while, he stared at the Emperor for five seconds before he said, "You seem to have a big opinion about Count Anse. ”

"No, I have never seen him," the Emperor immediately denied, but then added, "but I have never been very fond of such arrogant people. ”

But his ability is obvious to all, and many people in the empire feel sorry for him. ”

"I don't deny that. The Emperor nodded slightly, "So, I'll make him Sir Pedy's deputy." ”

"If you really want to change the garrison of the Koren Fortress to the Fifth Legion, I think Count Anse is the best candidate for the Legion Commander, and we can use the name of the military headquarters to reorganize the defenders who are now defending Banda Town into the Fifth Legion. ”

"Great idea!" the Emperor's eyes lit up.

"You agreed?" Duke Eric was stunned, he didn't expect the emperor to suddenly become so talkative.

"I mean, the reorganized defenders of Banda Town, the commander of the legion is still Sir Pedi. The Emperor said stubbornly.

Duke Eric's eyebrows furrowed even deeper, "You are more arrogant than Count Anse, and you are full of jealousy, which is not the character that an emperor should have. ”

"Duke Nick often says this about me..."The Emperor smiled disapprerovingly, "Speaking of Duke Nick, when will he return to the imperial capital." ”

"On the 20th of this month, the negotiations with the elves went well. ”

"But we still have to guard against them, the garrison of a regular legion in the fortress of Bandara can't move, don't forget how the orcs failed more than three hundred years ago!"